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Quotes About Reasons

She gave so many reasons that I've forgotten them all.
~ Edith Wharton
That wasn't a mistake, was 'a fully justified venture which, for reasons beyond your control, did not work
~ Edward de Bono
No man can always have adequate reasons for buying or selling stocks daily - or sufficient knowledge to make his play an intelligent play.
~ Edwin Lefevre
There are always reasons for murdering a man. But there is no justification for his existence.
~ Albert Camus, The Fall
November is, for many reasons, the month for the axe
~ Aldo Leopold
November is, for many reasons, the month for the axe. It is warm enough to grind an axe without freezing, but cold enough to fell a tree in comfort.
~ Aldo Leopold
The prayer of Jesus for Himself (vers. 1-5.) contains just one petition, with two reasons annexed. The petition is, "Father, the hour is come, glorify Thy Son;
~ Alexander Balmain Bruce
That point is contained in the following tremendous curse fulminated against a man who committed the unpardonable offence of leaving the Church of Rome, and published grave and weighty reasons for so doing: "May the Father, who creates man, curse him! May the Son, who suffered for us, curse him!
~ Alexander Hislop
she was alternately confused and angry at his lack of reference to their past, but she decided to let him take the lead. Either he had his reasons or he wasn't the man she once knew. And she was certain by now that he was still that man, only more.
~ Alexandra York
The English or American lawyer investigates what was done, the French lawyer what was most likely intended. One wants decisions; the other, reasons.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
The thing with 'Alphas' is that, even though it's sci-fi, I run into lots of people that have watched the show for various reasons. They're like, 'I had no expectation, and I'm totally blown away and fascinated.'
~ Azita Ghanizada
The fact is, it was a big show. We were a part of that show. Everybody watches for different reasons. There were some people who were tuning in that day to see what was going on with other characters.
~ Matthew Ashford
There are so many books I love for different reasons. For superhero stuff, I always go back to Alan Moore's 'Watchmen' or his 'Swamp Thing' run. Those are my two favorites, and there are indie books that I really love, like Eddie Campbell's 'Alec' books and 'From Hell.'
~ Jeff Lemire
The growth of our understanding of the world through science weakens some of the motivation which makes people believers. But that's not the same thing as saying they're incompatible. It's just that I think some of the traditional reasons for belief, going back thousands of years, are rather undermined.
~ Peter Higgs
It's one of the reasons I want to do 'Dancing with the Stars': it's a platform to educate.
~ Nyle DiMarco
It's impossible to please everybody all of the time, but you just have to believe that you're making decisions for the right reasons.
~ Gareth Southgate
I think I've made decisions for the right reasons, and I've always communicated them in a respectful way. As a manager, you can't do any more than that. I sit comfortably with that. But I've not enjoyed it.
~ Gareth Southgate
If someone feels that they're abandoned, there are always complicated feelings. There are always reasons for why people do the things that they do.
~ Maurissa Tancharoen
The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.
~ Oliver Joseph Lodge
One of the facts about sexual assault is that it is a very underreported offense, and there are a whole lot of reasons why individuals don't report to law enforcement. Uber shouldn't make that choice for survivors. Survivors should make that choice for themselves.
~ Tony West
But I also wanted to give them an intelligent emotional journey, without having to suspend reality - to be able to look at those characters and see reasons for the relationships and why what happens happens.
~ Graeme Murphy
I think one of the reasons 'The Karate Kid' film has stood the test of time, aside from 'Get him a body bag,' 'Sweep the leg,' catching flies with chopsticks, all of that stuff that's become pop culture, is that it worked on a human level.
~ Ralph Macchio
The great thing about behavioural psychology and economics is that they help us to see that there are actually pretty good reasons why human beings swing from greed to fear, and why we're not really calculating machines or utility-maximisers.
~ Niall Ferguson
As human beings, we all have reasons for our behavior. There may be people who have certain physiological issues that dictate why they make certain choices. On the whole, though, I think we're dictated by our structure, our past, our environment, our culture. So once you understand the patterns that shape a person, how can you not find sympathy?
~ Forest Whitaker